Katee Sackhoff auditioned for 'Once Upon a Time' lead role

Battlestar Galactica actress Katee Sackhoff has revealed that she auditioned for the lead role on Once Upon a Time.

Sackhoff - who will next be seen in A&E drama series Longmire - told Collider that she was up for the role of Emma Swan, eventually played by Jennifer Morrison.



"I walked away from Once Upon A Time and focused on Longmire," she said. "It was just those two jobs. Those were the only two pilots I loved that year."

Sackhoff added that she was eventually "happy with the way things turned out".

"I could tell, from the very beginning, that they really wanted [Jennifer]," she claimed. "She and I go up against each other quite a bit. We're very similar.

"That was her job, and [Longmire] was my job. Just the way that it turned out and the way that we've played the roles, it's obvious."

Longmire premieres on Sunday, June 3 at 10/9c on A&E.